Jimena Rico-Straffon is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at UC Santa Barbara. Her research interests lie at the intersection of environmental, development, and labor economics. Her current research estimates the effects of water shortages on urban households using administrative and survey data from Mexico City. Her research also studies the effects of forest policies on deforestation and degradation in tropical forests. Jimena holds a Master of Public Policy from Duke University and a B.A. in Economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). education.

Grants, Awards and Distinctions:

Deacon Fellowship, UCSB Economics Department

UC MEXUS- CONACYT Doctoral Fellowship (2019-2024)

UC Berkeley and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Diversity Fellowship for participating in the Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Energy and Environmental Economics, $1,000

CAF Development Bank of Latin America, Research Grant on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-PI, $6,000

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, UCSB Economics (2023)